Canada’s Environment Watchdog Calls Inaction on Climate Change ‘Disturbing’
Credit to Author: Mack Lamoureux| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:48:30 +0000
A new report paints both the Liberals or the Conservatives as weak on climate change.
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We Finally Know Why Garfield Phones Washed Up on French Beaches for 30 Years
Credit to Author: Mack Lamoureux| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:50:49 +0000
Since the 1980s hundreds of phones featuring the likeness of our favourite Monday-hatin’ cat washed up in France and no one knew why.
Read moreEU parliament approves ban on single use plastics
Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:17:16 +0000
European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds.
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Read moreMercury level rising in Philippine waters, mine sites; 18 hot spots tagged
Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:44:22 +0000
At least five bodies of water in Luzon and Mindanao have been identified as having high levels of mercury
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Read moreCanned air and water-spraying drones: Smog remedies
Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:15:31 +0000
As millions of people in Asia choke under polluted skies, authorities have turned to water-dispersing drones and outdoor air purifiers to improve air quality.
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Read moreAir pollution deaths are double earlier estimates: study
Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:49:46 +0000
PARIS, France – Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released Monday.
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Read moreUN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:03:20 +0000
An assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opened in Nairobi on Monday under a dark cloud cast by an Ethiopian plane crash.
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Read moreGSIS cries foul over Manila Bay polluter tag
Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:46:33 +0000
The GSIS sought revocation of the LLDA’s notice of violation slapped against the state-run pension fund for allegedly polluting Manila Bay.
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Read moreGSIS: LLDA allegation that Manila Bay polluter wrong
Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:46:33 +0000
The GSIS sought revocation of the LLDA’s notice of violation slapped against the state-run pension fund for allegedly polluting Manila Bay.
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Read morePinoys’ daily plastic waste: 163 million sachets, 3 million diapers
Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 21:36:33 +0000
If Filipinos keep on throwing away more than 163 million plastic sachets daily, Metro Manila will be covered almost knee-deep in plastic waste in one year
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